> Don't ALL web/internet based products have to collect some base level telemetry to simply function? No. Not at all. There’s no technical reason which drives

> Don't ALL web/internet based products have to collect some base level telemetry to simply function? No. Not at all. There’s no technical reason which drives such a demand. A big, fat no. But it can help making the company hosting the site money. By selling your data to others. And that’s another question entirely.